Nuclear

Radioactive

No

Media

Description

Silvery-white, soft, malleable and ductile metal.

Uses

Used as a coating for steel cans since it is nontoxic and noncorrosive. Also in solder (33%Sn:67%Pb), bronze (20%Sn:80%Cu), and pewter. Stannous fluoride (SnF2), a compound of tin and fluorine is used in some toothpaste.

Sources

Principally found in the ore cassiterite(SnO2) and stannine (Cu2FeSnS4).

Pronounciation (English)

TIN

Translations

Afrikaans

Tin

Aragonese

Estaño

العربية

قصدير

Armãneashte

Cãlae

asturianu

Estañu

azərbaycan dili

Qalay

български

Калай

বাংলা

টিন

brezhoneg

Staen

bosanski

Kalaj

Byelorussian

Волава

Cebuano

Estanyo

čeština

Cín

Chuvash

Тăхлан

Cymraeg

Estany

dansk

Tin

Deutsch

Zinn

Ελληνικά

Κασσιτερος

English

Tin

esperanto

Stano

español

Estaño

eesti

Tina

euskara

Eztainua

فارسی

قلع

suomi

Tina

føroyskt

Tin

français

Étain

furlan

Stagn

West-Frysk

Tin

Gaeilge

Stán

Gàidhlig

Staoin

galego

Estaño

ગુજરાતી

ટિનનો

Gaelg

Stainney

Hakka Chinese

Siak

עברית

בדיל

हिन्दी

त्रपु

hrvatski

Kositar

magyar

ón

հայերեն

Անագ

Indonesia

Timah

íslenska

Tin

italiano

Stagno

日本語

スズ

ქართული

კალა

کٲشُر

Cëna

қазақ тілі

Къалайы

한국어

주석

Kurdish

Pîl

Komi

Озысь

kernewek

Sten

кыргызча

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Latin

Stannum

Lëtzebuergesch

Zënn

Lombard

Staagn

lingála

Etani

lietuvių

Alavas

latviešu

Alva

Mari

Вулно

Maori

Tīni

македонски

Калај

മലയാളം

വെളുത്തീയം

монгол

Цагаан тугалга

Мокшан

Валдакиви, Равжа киви

Bahasa Melayu

Timah

Malti

Landa, ²Stann

Nahuatl

Amochitl

Nederlands

Tin

norsk

Tinn

Occitan

Estam, ²Estanh

ирон

Къала

polski

Cyna

português

Estanho

Runasimi

Chayanta

română

Staniu, ²Cositor

русский

Олово

slovenčina

Cín

slovenščina

Kositer

Samoan

Ten

Samogitian

Alavs

shqip

Kalaj, ²Zinni

српски

Калај

Southern Sotho

Thene

svenska

Tenn

Kiswahili

Stani, ²Bati

தமிழ்

தகரம்

Tajik

Қалъагӣ

ไทย

ดีบุก

Türkçe

Kalay

ئۇيغۇرچە

قەلەي

українська

Олово

o‘zbek

Qalay

Tiếng Việt

Thiếc

Võro

Tina

中文

錫

History

Discovered In

Discovered By

Discovered At

Word Origin

From the Anglo-Saxon word "tin" (the origin of the symbol Sn comes from the Latin word "stannum" meaning "tin")